"Actor: Cooper"

• The Necro Files | Blu Ray | (22/07/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Golf - Lower Your Handicap | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  One of the great joys of golf is the practical handicapping system that allows players of all abilities from novice to expert to enjoy a competitive game on any course the world over. Undoubtedly the best way to get a handicap down is to work closely with a golf professional taking regular lessons. But as this isn't always possible 'Better Golf' has been designed to bring a touch of that expertise to you.

• Vera Cruz | Blu Ray | (02/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Vera Cruz was only director Robert Aldrich's second Western (his first, made a few months earlier, was the revisionist, pro-Native-American Apache), but it's such an assured, stylish affair that he might have been roaming the sagebrush for decades. In the aftermath of the American Civil War two lone adventurers make their way south of the border, where Mexico is fighting a civil war of its own to rid the country of the French-imposed Emperor Maximilian. Neither the dour Benjamin Trane (Gary Cooper) nor the grinning, devil-may-care Joe Erin (Burt Lancaster) has much in the way of idealism, but Trane still retains a thin bitter edge of integrity, a quality quite alien to the cheerfully amoral Erin. In uneasy alliance, constantly looking to outwit or double-cross each other, the two find themselves escorting a beautiful French countess (Denise Darcel) and a shipment of gold across country. Cooper and Lancaster create a superb double-act, using their contrasted screen personas to point up the humour and the cynicism of the two mercenaries' relationship. Darcel makes less than she might of the femme fatale role, but there are relishable cameos from Cesar Romero as a suavely duplicitous aristo and Ernest Borgnine as another gringo with an exceptionally vicious streak. The script, according to Aldrich, was written on the run, "always finished about five minutes before we shot it", but you wouldn't guess it from the laconic wit of the dialogue. It looks great, too--Ernest Laszlo's widescreen photography makes the most of the handsome Mexican locations. With its irreverent take on the accepted moral conventions of the genre, Vera Cruz ushered in a new kind of Western, and its central love-hate relationship would be replayed in Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country (1962) and Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). On the DVD: Not much in the way of extras but the mono sound has been expertly remastered to the benefit of Hugo Friedhofer's spirited score. Above all, the film's presented in its full Superscope ratio (16:9), a blessed relief after all those years when it showed up panned-and-scanned on BBC1. If ever a movie needed widescreen, it's this one--if only to fit in all Burt's teeth. You can see why they called him "Crockery Joe". --Philip Kemp

• The Closer You Get | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £7.98   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The wedding bells in this Donegal village haven't rung for years and with so few eligible women left, the single men have little choice but to give up and leave.

• The A-Team/ True Lies Double Pack | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £9.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (30.16%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The A-TeamGive it up to the A-Team: they've always been good at demolishing things in big, big ways. Freed from the confines of the 1980s TV series, the 2010 blockbuster movie version allows the four members of the paramilitary squad to really amp up the mayhem to newly crazed heights. Liam Neeson plays team leader Hannibal Smith (inheriting the cigar-chomping from the show's George Peppard), and pro wrestler Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is "B.A." Baracus, the TV show's most iconic character (insert Mr. T "I pity the fool" joke here). As the vain Face, Bradley Cooper preens in convincing fashion, and District 9 out-of-nowhere star Sharlto Copley plays the unhinged pilot "Howlin' Mad" Murdock. These boys are on the trail of some money-counterfeiting plates, from Baghdad to Germany to places in between. It would be understating it to say that the plot is not of primary importance, although Patrick Wilson has some fun as a CIA official and Jessica Biel occasionally strikes poses as Face's ex-flame, now a military officer displeased with the A-Team's extra-legal shenanigans. The storytelling is insipid and half-hearted--but when it comes to snarky dialogue and two-fisted action scenes, director Joe Carnahan is in his comfort zone. It's reasonably fun watching the working-out of such logistical puzzles as dropping a tank (with crew inside) from a plane, or scattering the main characters on a dockside as cargo containers rain down from a ship looming above them. Good times, although is it asking too much for certain basic laws of physics (if you drop a human body ten stories, for instance, it might actually sustain injuries) to be used as a guideline? But worrying about such matters isn't in the spirit of The A-Team, which cheerfully ignores the petty concerns of credibility and logic. --Robert Horton True LiesFrom The Terminator to Titanic, you can always rely on writer-director James Cameron to show you something you've never seen on the big screen before. The guy may not consistently pen the most scintillating dialogue in the world (and, especially in this movie, he doesn't seem to have a particularly high regard for women), but as a director of kinetic, push-the-envelope action sequences, he is in a class by himself. In True Lies, the highlight is a breathtaking third-act jet and car chase through the Florida Keys. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a covert intelligence agent whose wife of 15 years (Jamie Lee Curtis) finally finds out that he's not really a computer salesman and who becomes mixed up in a case involving nuclear arms smuggling. Tom Arnold is surprisingly funny and engaging as Schwarzenegger's longtime spy partner, and Bill Paxton is a smarmy used-car salesman whom Arnold thinks is having an affair with his wife. Purely in terms of spectacular action and high-tech hardware, True Lies is a blast. --Jim Emerson

• Columbo - Vol. 2 | DVD | (01/10/2001) from £8.51   |  Saving you £4.48 (52.64%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Three more episodes of Peter Falk's masterful detective series: ""Suitable for Framing"" ""Candidate for Crime"" and ""Etude in Black"".

• Reasonable Doubt - Blu Ray | Blu Ray | (05/05/2014) from £6.76   |  Saving you £9.23 (136.54%)   |  RRP £15.99

  After being involved in a fatal hit and run incident Assistant DA Mitch Brody (Dominic Cooper) must prosecute an innocent man (Samuel L Jackson) for a crime he knows he didn't commit.

• An Eye For An Eye | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Chuck Norris doesn't need a weapon... he is a weapon! A classic Chuck Norris revenge tale 'An Eye For An Eye' also stars Christopher Lee and Richard Rowntree and begs the question 'What makes an ex-cop take the law into his own hands?' Chuck Norris plays Sean Kane in this fast and furious Martial Arts movie. A witness to the brutal slaying of his partner Kane is forced to leave the police force. He embarks on a one-man vendetta to avenge the murder. The trail leads Ka

• Frankenhooker | DVD | (14/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The Frankenstein legend gets stitched up by the makers of Basket Case and Brian Damage in this outrageous horror comedy. When his pretty fianc''e goes to pieces under the blades of a runaway lawnmower aspiring mad scientist Jeffrey Franken hatches an unorthodox scheme to bring his beloved back to life. With the help of an explosive super drug Jeffrey reassembles his girlfriend from the body parts of New York prostitutes. But his dream-girl runs amok on 42nd Street turning tricks that literally make people's head's spin. Can Jeffrey still find true love or has he created a monster...?

• Arsenal Season Review 2011/12 | DVD | (25/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  It was the ultimate roller coaster campaign. A season of great games, glorious goals and unbelievable results that ended with the Gunners overtaking neighbours Spurs to claim third place and ensure their status as London's number one club. It means a 15th successive season qualifying for the Champions League and 17 years since Tottenham last finished above Arsenal.There have been few seasons like this in the club's proud 125 year history. A thrilling 5-3 win at Chelsea; a formidable 5-2 triumph over Tottenham; the magnificent 7-1 wonder show against Blackburn; and the heroic 3-0 victory over Milan. The feel good factor's back at Arsenal. Leading from the front has been captain fantastic Robin van Persie, smashing in 37 goals in all competitions - many of them absolutely breathtaking. He topped it off with double Player of the Year awards, recognised as the best by both his fellow players and the football writers.Arsene Wenger has once again proved there is no one better at discovering exciting talent with England's newest whizz kid Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain bursting on to the scene. And there was even a blast from the past with legend Thierry Henry enjoying a second spell at the club, reminding everyone what a genius he is.Featuring every goal from every game. The perfect record of a landmark season that will live long in the memory of every Gooner.

• Britain At War - Collectors Edition | DVD | (01/12/2009) from £9.95   |  Saving you £6.04 (60.70%)   |  RRP £15.99

  With the seventieth anniversary upon us, Britain at War provides a powerful social and military history of Great Britain during the Second World War. Nothing can ever convey the reality of those dark days better than the memories of those who were there. Thats why we have persuaded veterans from the army, navy, air force and wartime civilian organisations to share their recollections for our cameras for perhaps the final time. The result is an extraordinary collection of interviews; testimonies from a unique generation that lived through and survived the uncertainties, fears and horrors of the Second World War. Other elements of the programmes include superb footage and 2D and 3D graphics which are combined with fascinating cinema newsreel films to give a real taste and flavour of the times.

• Gods And Generals / Gettysburg | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £12.13   |  Saving you £18.86 (155.48%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Gods And Generals:'God's And Generals' recounts the fierce allegiances and combat of the early Civil War. Ronald F. Maxwell directs this epic prequel to his Gettysburg framing the story with three bold men and three fateful battles. The men: Joshua Chamberlain (Jeff Daniels) ""Stonewall"" Jackson (Stephen Lang) Robert E. Lee (Robert Duvall). The battles: Manassas Fredericksburg Chancellorsville. Through these combatants and conflicts we witness the bravery and strife of a na

• Project X (Extended Cut) - Triple Play (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy | Blu Ray | (02/07/2012) from £14.96   |  Saving you £10.03 (67.05%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Directed by Nima Nourizadeh and produced by Todd Phillips (The Hangover) and Joel Silver (The Matrix), Project X is an out-of-control comedy that follows a group of friends who set out to throw the most epic 17th birthday party ever.

• Meet John Doe | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £11.57   |  Saving you £-9.58 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  In protest at the corruption and hypocrisy he sees all around him an unemployed man calling himself John Doe has written to the New Bulletin newspaper pledging to throw himself from the top of City Hall on Christmas Eve. Written by a discharged journalist as a publicity stunt and as a parting shot at the paper's new editor the premise of the letter unexpectedly fires the imagination of the bulletin's readers and the wider American public. Its real author Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) is rehired and now needs to find someone to play the part of the fictional John Doe... Meet John Doe is often held to be part of a thematic trilogy that includes Mister Deeds Goes To Town and Mister Smith Goes To Washington. It explores a recurring notion in Capra's work that of the universal everyman exploited by a corrupt and powerful establishment. The film's reflections on corporate control of both the media and of ordinary people's lives is still as resonant as ever.

• The Story Of Boxing | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £4.94   |  Saving you £-2.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  The story of boxing is a comprehensive history of the toughest sport in the world - the only sport in fact which can never be called a game.

• The Naked Edge | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £11.15   |  Saving you £1.84 (16.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  George Radcliffe's testimony sends Donald Heath to prison for murder and the theft of over 60 000 pounds. Soon after Radcliffe invests a large sum of money in an ultimately profitable business venture. Radcliffe's wife Martha begins to suspect...

• Ja'mie: Private School Girl | DVD | (16/06/2014) from £19.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ja'mie: Private School Girl is the story of Ja'mie King (Chris Lilley) a conniving Year 12 student and Queen Bee of Hillford Girls Grammar. As School Captain and unchallenged diva she stops at nothing to climb her way to the top dissing Boarders and conquering members of the opposite sex. Clothes cars boys parties and a hot-girl entourage... Ja'mie has it all until her quest to win the Hillford Medal triggers a series of outrageous events that change her life forever.

• Souls at Sea | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £10.78   |  Saving you £5.21 (48.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  One man is on trial for murder. One man knows the truth... A ship has caught fire and only one lifeboat remains. Now its captain Michael Taylor (Gary Cooper) must decide who will live and who will surely die. The story begins at Taylor's trial where he is charged for the murders of the ship's passengers who perished. But what his prosecutors don't know is that he was actually onboard under British secret orders. Unexpectedly he is awarded a new trial after a representative of the Queen of England steps forward with a detailed account of the tragedy. Next the real story unfolds via brilliantly photographed flashbacks revealing Taylor and his partner's heroic mission to abolish the inhumane business of slave trading. But will the truth be enough to spare Taylor from a life behind bars? With its talented cast and compelling plot Souls at Sea offers a rare combination of intensity humour and thrilling action that is sure to please classic film lovers everywhere.

• Desire | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-15.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

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• The Old Grey Whistle Test 2 | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £12.76   |  Saving you £7.23 (56.66%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In some ways The Old Grey Whistle Test Volume 2 is more interesting than its predecessor, as it covers the show's enjoyably uncomfortable period of transition from beard-rock to punk/new wave. Hence, the music ranges across the likes of Loggins and Messina (the frightful "The House at Pooh Corner"), the Who, Judee Sill, Argent (doing "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You", which all Bill and Ted fans probably think is a Kiss original), Roy Harper, the Adverts, the Undertones (not playing "Teenage Kicks", sadly), Patti Smith and Siouxie and the Banshees. There's also some arty stuff that doesn't really fit into either camp, including Kevin Ayers and Roxy Music at their uncommercially weirdest. There are a few nicely revelatory moments, too, such as the realisation that Thomas Dolby's "Hyperactive" was in fact a nu-jazz masterpiece born 20 years too soon and that Robbie Williams should cover Aztec Camera's wonderful "Walk Out to Winter" immediately. This is an enjoyable and diverse collection of music from a fairly fraught period in the history of more-or-less popular music, so it's good to be reminded just how much good stuff was actually happening amidst the melée. On the DVD: The Old Grey Whistle Test 2 comes on only one disc (the first was a two-disc set), but you still get 30 or so excellent tracks plus all the trimmings, so that's hardly a fault. The layout features the same kind of horribly overdesigned menus as its predecessor: there's no obvious chapter sub-menu, believe it or not; instead, you have to access individual tracks through the artists' gallery in the extras section! Aargh! Other extras include contributor profiles, additional linking material and the wonderful Old Grey Squirrel Test animation, which mere words would only spoil for those who have yet to see it. --Roger Thomas